Hi - one of my newbies is laying on the floor of the coop and all her eggs have a small hole in the top. Not sure if it's a peck hole or from a claw. This seems to be consistent (3 times in the last 3 days and always in the same place). All the others are laying in the nesting box.
I put a piece of micropore tape over the hole and use the eggs pretty quickly, but I'd rather not follow that route.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.

The hole in the egg may be because she is young and the shell she is producing hasn't quite got going. Give her a couple of weeks and see if it improves, if not, there are products out there that purport to strengthen shells.

Thanks to both - in answer to CP... the nesting area is about 3ft long, with a divider down the middle. 5 chooks altogether. Your idea sounds quite feasible, and there's room for a cat litter tray in the coop so I'll give that a try. And KateD, I'll try the waiting game! They're only 23 weeks, so maybe that's a possibility too. Many thanks.